Coming up with ways to allow the public better access to our collection is something we constantly think about. After all, that’s the main reason we created this blog. Besides this blog, I also try to post an object a week on Twitter for our followers to see. Here’s our Twitter handle if you don’t already follow us, @MarinersMuseum. Another activity I became interested in this past summer was editing Wikipedia. We’re conditioned to believe that Wikipedia isn’t a reliable source and we should not look there for answers (yet we all do anyway), but I’ve learned that this isn’t necessarily the case. There are a great many people working to make sure that the articles are well-written and, more importantly, use proper sources. I tend to use Wikipedia as a place to start when I begin researching something. I can usually find a few major details and then some resources that I can turn to for more information.

知道人们如此频繁地来维基百科，无论他们是否承认这一点，我认为对我们来说，博物馆很重要，可以使用该网站让公众知道我们可以为他们提供什么。我逐渐努力将我们的对象添加到各个页面，尤其是来自各种艺术家的示例。我最喜欢的一些添加剂包括页面上的音乐框模型的图片PSCommonwealth, an anchor on theSSChristopher Columbusand a painting forJohn Cleveley the Elder.阅读更多